Type-writer cover.



R. C. ROCHELLE.

TYPE WRITER COVER.

APPLICATION mso FEB. 3, 1914.

Patented May 18, 1915,

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R. C. ROCHELLE.

TYPE WRITER COVER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. a. 1914.

1, 1 39,80, Patented May 18, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO FHOTO-LITHQ, WAISHINGIONv D. C

auto puma! i I RAYMOND onooHELLn, or HUBBARD, TEXAS.

TYPE-WRITER oovnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18,1915.

Application filedFebruary 3, 1914. Serial No. 816,271.

To all whom it may concern a Be it known that ;I, RAYMOND CASPER ROCHELLE, citizen of the United States, residing at Hubbard, in the county of Hill and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements, in Type-Writer Covers, of which the following isa-specification.

My inventionrelates to new and useful 1 improvements in collapsible cases or covers for typewriters, being more particularly an improvement over the form of cover disclosed in my copending application filed September 3, 1913 andbearing the serial No. 787,911, the primary object of myinvention beingttheprovision of a cover which maybe more cheaply constructed and which, at the same time, will be more efficient and satisfactory in use.

A further object of my inventionris the provision of a. typewriter cover including, a

base adapted to receive the typewriter and,

a flexible hood or cover proper'detachably connected to the base and extensible over the typewriter. l o i A still further object ofmy invention is the provision of a simple supporting frame for the hood including a plurality of bows detachably connected to the base and carrying the hood, the base being providedwith integrally formed stops for limiting the swinging movement lof'the bows. when they are swung rearwardly to expose the typewriter.

A still further object of my invention consists in a novel means for securing a strip or pad of felt or. other soft material to the base to prevent 1 injury'to' desks,ftables or other articles of furniture upon typewriter may be placed.

, With these and other Ob ects in view, my

invention will bemore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then specifically pointed out in. the claims which are attached to and form a part of 1 this application. 1

In the drawings :.Figure 1 is a longi-' tudinal sectional view taken throughmy improved typewriter cover,-a conventional typewriter being shown in place; Fig.2 2 1s a fragmentary viewsimilar to tlifatshown 1n Fig. 1 but showing 1 the cover 1 support ng bows swung to. rearward or I open" position and the rear lower edge of the cover disconnected from the base; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view. of my improved typewhich the writer cover, the hood or cover proper being shown in dotted lines, while the base and frame work are shown in full lines; Fig. 4

isa fragmentary top plan view, illustrating the manner of mounting the bows upon the base and the operation ofthe stop for lim- I 'iting their rearward and downward swinging movement; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the stamped out blank from which the metal base .lSfOIIIlQCl, a portion of the blank being broken away to permit its showing upon an.

enlarged scale; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view, showing a modified form of key-hole slot and bow construction; Fig. 7 isa fragmentary perspective view of the bow illustrated in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a similar view. of a furthermodified form of bow; Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view, show-' ing a different method of attaching the cover to the base.

In order to insure a clear and full understanding of my invention and the manner of its use, I have illustrated my improved typewriter cover in connection with a con ventional typewriter 10 having a plurality of supporting feet 11.: The typewritercover includesprimarily a base 12, a plurality of bows 13 swingingly connected to the base and a fabric hood or covering. lt secured to the bows, and detachably. connected at one. edge to the rear edge of the base.

More specifically, the base is formed from a sheet metal blank struck-out in a single piece in the shape best shown in Fig. '5, the blank being substantially rectangular in shape with laterally directed wings 15 extending from its sides at its rear edge and laterally directed tongues 16 extending from its sides at its forward edge. Preferably, the forward edge portion is cut-away centrally as shown at 17 to lighten the construction.

In forming the base from the above de-' scribed blank, the rear portion of the blank,

' namely. that portion extending between the 'wings 15, is bent upwardly at right angles to the body of the blank to form a flange or back wall 18, afterwhich the wings 15 are swung inwardly to hear at their lower edges upon the upper face of the body of the blank are then bent up at right angles to -the body. portion in themanner best shown moFig. 3.

.when their reduced terminals 19'are bent;

Preferably, the base 12- isupstruck marginally along its side and rear edges to provide a substantially U-shapedseat to receive a strip 21 of heavyfelt or other suitable Inaterial serving as a cushion to prevent injury to anyfinished surface upon which .the device may be placed.

In order to provide means for attaching the bows and cover 14 to the base so constructed, the flange or rear wall 18is perfo- .lower edge of the covering 14, as will be later explained; The tongues 16 are each provided with a plurality of vertically disposed key-hole slots 25 spaced one in advance of the other with their larger ends uppermost. Itwiill ofcourse be understood that these slots. and the perforations for the snap fastening members'fZO are stamped out during the initial forming of the blank-and before the parts are *bent into the position described and illustrated .in Fig. 3. Y 7

Each tongue 16lis1provided wih one keyhole slot fore'ach frame lmem ber'orbow 13, "there preferably being three of these bows to I 7 preferably formed from a singlewpiece of;

in order to properly spread and hold the "cover inposition. Each of these bows is wire either circular 'or angular; in cross section with "their free ends bent inwardly as when swung toopen position. 7 Thercover proper 14 is preferablyfiformed 1 shown 'at26' and :headed to prouide ballterminals- 27 proportioned to :pass tthrough the larger ends of the key-hole slots and to re-..

tainthe inbent termina'ls 126 :of the bows against disengagement from the-slots when "the bows are lowered to let such portions rest upon the lower edges ofrthe slots. By

may be readilyattachedltoor detached from the base andaa't theisame time Wlll not 'be liable to becomecasua'lly disengaged. Preferably, the bows vary slightly in width in a order 1 that upon swinging of the rmme into rearward or openpositiomthey @may'all en- :gage and "rest upon the stops '19. Because of this construction, the bows will snotistrike uponfitheta'ble, desklor other :article of fur- I niture upon which the device isiemployed of fabric, although it may be made of leather, rubber or ;any' other 'suitable and flexible material. This cover,:-as previously explained, is provided at its rear iloweredge with'the socket membersQL' of theisnap' fastening devices 23 in order that. it may be 'detachably secured :to lthe (rear wall -18 of th'ebase and is preferably cut awayslightly at either side as shownat'28toengage snugly about the stops 119. It :isso iproportioned that when secured to the bows, bystitching or other suitable =means,yas shown in Fig.1

completely :support the latter.

. V o 7 I usually not desirable;

V thislmeans, it will be clear that the bows I of the drawings, the swinging 'ofthe bows and cover to closed position,;a's there shown,

will stretch the cover in such a manner as to .completelydnclose the typewriter without resting aga nst any part of it. The sides of theitwo rearmost bows are preferablysubstantially equal in length, while the sides of.

'marring-of the surface of the furniture by the bow. At this point it should be noted that the weight "of the bows and cover tend,

at all -times,.to hold the ball terminals of thebows in the lower ends of vtheir slots and therefore to prevent disengagement of the frame and cover from the base, this being true whether the cover is in open or closed position. It should further be noted that,

inasmuch asuall of thebows are swingingly connected to the base,"the cover, when in rearw ardbr open position, 1s located, on

tirely at the rear ofI-the typewriter and therefore {cannot in any way interfere with the movement of' the typewriter carriage'o'r other parts "of the machine, the typewriter being positioned with its rearmost feet 11 upon the base 12 and therefore holding-the base and its ,cover against movement. It will of course be'understoodthat, if desired,

"the base 12 may be made to extend forwardly the entireiextent of :the typewriterto This, however, is .a more expensive construction I Elhe .a'bovedescribed cover may :be readily (and economically manufactured as the :base may be'stamped out in a single operation.

and

This base is preferably formed of -comparatively light sheet metal and -:the entire "cover :may therefore be readilyshipped through lthezmai-ls The'ready packing and shipment iof these covers is greatly facilitated because of the fact that .ithecover proper, togetherl withsitswbowsanay be detached from the -ibase ia-ndrthe device as :a whole more compactly packaged.

Eoranstancaalthough key-holeslotswmay be employed, [TI preferably provide the tongues 16 with key-hole slots of the type ish'own'in Fig. 'G'Jin-Whichithe lower end is somewhat enlarged as shown at .30. "The larger upper :endsof theseslots are equal in wsize I -to the r'bfil]. terminals of the "bows 13 and the .slightly enlarged lower ends 30 :to

the diameter of'the bows' The laterally directed portions 26. of the bows are reduced .lnithlckness 1n the plane of zthe'bodies of the bows in su'ch a manner 'as'ito. pass freely :throughathe body portion efzthe :slots when the bows'are in vertical position but to prevent such movement when the bows are swung to any other position. This abso lutely locks the bows against movement to the upper ends of the slots when the cover is in open position.

If preferred, the key-hole slots may be entirely done away with and the tongues 16 merely perforated to receive the ends of bows having a reduced terminal 31 as shown in Fig. 8, this terminal being perforated to receive a cotter pin 32 by meansof which the bow is locked in place.

Instead of employing the snap fasteners for securing the cover to the upturned flange of the base, rivets 33 may be employed, being passed through the fabric of the cover and through the perforations in the flange, as clearly shown in Fig. 9.

Although I have illustrated and described my invention in all its details of construction, it will of course be understood that I do not wish, in any way, to be limited by such details, as various minor changes, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A cover for typewriters including a base provided at its sides with upturned gageable in the slots, and a fabric covering mounted on thebows and secured at 1ts rear edge to the rear edge of the base.

2. A cover for typewriters including a 3 sheet metal base upstruck to provide a marginal channel in its lower face, a packing strip seated in the channel and extending below the lower face of the base, and a cover carried by the base.

3. A cover for typewriters including a base formed from a single blank of sheet metal bent to provide an upturned rear wall having forwardly directed wings with laterally directed terminals forming rests and also upturned to provide at the sides tongues having key-hole slots, a plurality of bows having inwardly directed balled terminals engageable in the slots of the tongues, said bows being adapted to swing into engagement with the rests, and a fabric covering carried by the bows and detachably connected to the rear wall of the base.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RAYMOND C. ROCHELLE.

Witnesses:

Z. RoomiLLE, J. I. WEATHERFORD.

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